Questions tagged [mission-control]
Mission Control is Mac OS X 10.7's all-in-one solution for window management.
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'Show Desktop' Mission Control/Expose Not Functioning [OSX 10.7 Lion]
I have recently upgraded to OS X Lion. I have mapped the keys via Mission Control preFpane as follows: F9 is 'Mission Control', F10 is 'Show Desktop'. F11 is 'Application Windows'
F9 and F11 works as ...
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How do I align my Mac's virtual desktops according to the order of apps in the dock?
I find myself spending a lot of time switching between virtual desktops/spaces. I think it would be simpler if I had one space per open program, and if my spaces and my dock were in the same order. ...
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Take screenshots of all desktop spaces on MacOS
I need to create zsh script or c++ app to get screenshots of all active desktop spaces for current user. Is there any way to do it?
I planned to use screencapture, but didn't find how to choose a ...
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Mouse 4 and 5 for Mission Control pages?
I am not a mac noob, and I have searched through system preferences, and yet I cannot find a way to use the scroll wheel left and right buttons to switch between Mission Control pages on my mac. I ...
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How to close full screen browser windows in mission control?
Let's say I'm browsing the web in chrome, or safari for that same matter.
I then make the window full screen by pressing control-command-F.
at that point, say I press command-N a few times to create ...
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How to change mac OS behavior when closing windows (Mission Control)
I have realized the following annoying behavior from Mac OS. Suppose the following situation:
Open app A on Desktop 1 (window A1)
Move to Desktop 2
Open app B on Desktop 2
Open another window of app ...
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How do I add a secondary shortcut / shortcut alias on macOS?
I would like to switch Mission Control desktops with another button while still keeping the normal ctrl + arrow shortcut. Is this possible in any feasable way without 3rd party apps?
I'm trying to ...
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How to set a Mac space that automatically show on the 2nd screen?
Is there a way to assign a space per screen?
Let me explain - when I work with 2 screens I have windows on my main monitor and in my secondary monitor.
When I unplug from the secondary monitor I want ...
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How to navigate / switch apps in MacOS's Mission Control without using the mouse
For maximum keyboard productivity, is there a way to configure Mission Control to allow navigating the apps via arrow key or hjkl?
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Excel 2011 on OSX always opens on same monitor
I am running OSX and I have 3 monitors. In Mission Control, I have all 3 monitors to be their own Space. So each monitor has a toolbar at the top. Only one monitor has my dock on it (obviously). I ...
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Reserve leftmost space/desktop for terminal in OSX
In OSX, is there a way to make a particular application always occupy the left-most "space" when I make it fullscreen? I want to always have iTerm2 on the far left. Currently every time I hit ...
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Mission Control covered by copy of background
This happens whenever I plug my MacBook into a thunderbolt display. Mission Control seems to be stuck like this until I restart. Does anyone know a fix? Has anyone at least seen this before?
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